Journal-bearing.



H. D. PBIESTL JOURNAL BEARING. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4, 190a.

Patented Feb.22, 1910.

lnvenlfior Edward D. PriesC.

coMrANY, n coi ronnrron or NEW YORK.

1 JbUieNAL-BEARING.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that L-EnwAnn D. PRIEST, a

citizen'of' the United States, residing at- Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State ,of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jourmil-Bearings, of which the following is a specification. v

The present invention relates to journal bearings. and particularly bearings for the shafts of railway motors.

Railway motor bearings must be-so constructed that the armature may be removed easily and conveniently while the motors are iuposition, and this, combined with the dif-' ficulty of access to the bearings and the-fact that the casings or inclosing parts areat all times covered with grit and other foreign su-bstances,-renders the problem, especially --as to satisfactory lubrication a diflicult one.

The present invention contemplates a simple and novel construction and organization of parts to be hereinafter described and par ticularly pointedoutin the appended claims whereby a compact and satisfactory bearing is produced and the difficulties encountered in lubricating railway motor bearings are overcome to such an extent that the requisite supply of lubricant to the bearings is effected and maintained without incurring waste of the lubricant and without danger of'feeding grit or dirt into the bearings, while. the armature maybe readily removed without spilling the lubricant in the supply well.

In the accompanyin drawing which illus-- trates a preferred mo ification, Figure 1 is a side elevation. of a railway motor having bearings arranged in accordance with the present invention, one of the bearings being shown in section; and Fig. 2-1san enlarged vlew showing a transverse sect-ion of the .bearing.

Reference beinghad to the drawing, indicates a railway motor having its field magnet frame made in halves 1 and 2,

hinged together at 3 and 4 in a well-known manner, so that the lower half 2"may be swung about the hinges to uncover the armature.

5 is the shaft of the armature which is not shown.

6 and 7 are bearings at opposite sides of the field magnet frame within which the armature shaft is-. ournaled. Each bearing shaft and the supporting members.

Patented Feb..22, 1910.

Application filed January 4, 1906. I Serial No. 294,512. I

is made in two parts, preferably separated along asubstantiallyhorizontal plane below the center of the armature shaft, so that the armature may be lowered out of position by simply dropping the lower half of the field magnet frame and removing the lower halves of the bearings. The bearingsxG and 7 are identical in construction and only one need therefore be described.

Referring to bearings it will seen that it is' composed of amember 8 and a member 9, each ofwhich is provided with a substantially semi-cylindrical seat 10 and 11, respectively, these seats-being adapted to register when the parts 8 and 9 are secured together, as by means of bolts12. The

cylindrical seat thus formed is preferably made somewhat larger than the diameter of the shaft, in order to provide room. for a sleeve 13of anti-friction metal between the This sleeve may be conveniently made in halves, as shown. The member'S may be, and preferably is, cast integral with the upper-Nialf 1 of the field magnet frame, while the,lo iver member 9 is made as a separate piece." Portions of the metal in the bearing member 8 and of the sleeve 13 are cutaway .so..as to expose the top portion 1 1 of the shaft 5. An oil well 15 is formed belowthe shoulders 16 and 17 thus produced in the member 8, so. that a considerable quantity of-oil may be carried without of itself coming into contact with the shaft.

In operation, the well is filled with oil to a level just below. the shoulders 16 and 17 and a quantity of waste or .other fibrous maupon the exposed portion ofthe shaft'and dipping into the oil so that a flow ofeil is set up between the well and shaft-through capillary attraction. properly proportioning the parts and employing the proper material through which the capillary action is affected, any desired rate of flow of lubricant int-o the bearing may be secured, thereby permitting the lubricant to be supplied in just the required amount, and avoiding overflow.

The chamber 19 in which the absorbent terial 18 is packed into a large chamberzlt) located above the well; this material resting It is evident that by 1'01) as ordinarily constructed, wherein the oil is inserted through an opening corresponding" to -the opening covered by the lid 20, it is practically impossible to revent grit and other foreign matter from ropplng in upon the absorbent material wheneverthe lid is opened to permit the supply of oil to be renewed. Moreovertheoi is 'wastedQ The present invention' content plates a separate opening-through which the lubricant-may be introduced, whereby the lid notbeopen'ed. except to remove li l' dl'replace the. absorbent materiahthls latond the confines of the chamber 19, so that no oil-is'poureddirectlyupon,

' the Waste above the exposed shaft and whatever grit or other foreign substance may.

I enter the opening 21 at the time the lid 22 is raised topermit oil to'be poured in, drops to the bottom of the oil-well at such a o'int that there is substantially no dangero this foreign matter to get into the lubricant or foreignma'tter being fed into the bearing. The chamber 19 and the opening through which the waste is introduced may be made large .to'.permit the waste to be inserted and packed conveniently, while the oil channel need be only quite small, thereby lessening the amountof foreign matter which can dropinto the well when oil-is poured in without interfering'w'ith the convenience of packing the waste. r Y

Itis noted that when the member 9 is. removed the lubricating devices are left 1mdisturbed and consequently the removalof this member does not make it possible-for absorbent material, or even to the bearing except at points from which it may be readily wiped away.

IWhen thelower hall?" of the field frame' is "dropped, the weight of the armature is borne entirely by thebolts 12, but when the parts- ,are in their normal positions, a-shoulcler 23 bears against the underside of the bearing member 9 and thus aids the .bolts12 in-sup- 'porting'the armature and, in fact, maintains the bearing intact, even though the bolts 12 should loosen;

Although ,I haveillustrated and described my invention in" detail, as embodied in the V when oured upon. the top of the waste, fioods the caring and best form nowknown tome, I do not Ilesire the particular construction illustrated. except to the extent specifically pointed out in the claims. 1 1 1 WVhat I. claim as new .anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is, 1. In 'combinatioma journal, a bearin therefor-f comprising separate upper an lower halves having re 'stering bearin seat portions,- said upper ha f having an 0' v well located beside but se'paratedirom theb'ear- 'ing seat and a chamber'locat'ed above and opening directly intosaid seat and said well,

a portion of said upper half above and adjacent said seat being-removed to prov de an opening for exposing the ournal, said tolimit the invention in its broader aspects tochamber having an opening'through which? absorbent material maybeintroduced, and

absorbent material contained in said chainber, dippin' in said oil well and resting on the expose part of said journal, said absorbentmaterialbeing so a'rrangedthat 'a Y 4 flow'of oil-is set-up between the Well and journal through capillary action, said oil Well having an oil receiving opening located outside of said chamber. h

2. In co'mbination,-f a shaft, aifbearin j;

therefor comprising" two parts separate along a substantially horizontal plane below the center line of the shaft and having reg- ;ister'in bearingseat portions, the upper part 0 1 said bearinghaving' an oil'we'll 10- cated beside but separated;- from the. bear-' ing seat and a chamber located above and a portion of said upper part above and adan opening for exposing th'e journal, said chamber having an opening through which :;v opening directly into said seat and said well,

'ja'cent said seat bemg removed-to provide absorbent material may be introduced, and v I absorbent material contained in said chamber, dipping in said oilwell and resting on the-exposed pa'rt'of said journal,.s aidabsorbent'material being'so arranged thata flow of oil-is set up between the well and journal through capillary action, said oil well havingan oil receiving opening, lo-- cated outside of said chamber. v

Inwitness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand-thi'ssecond day ofJanuary,.1906. Y EDWARD D., PRIEST.

. Witnesses: I

BENJAMIN B. HULL, HELEN ORFO D. 

